11-04-2019, 07:35 PM
Using Boban is like a modern day version of hack-a-shaq. He is a game disruptor. Sometimes, it will benefit the Mavs, sometimes not. He will ALWAYS change the flow of the game when he is out there. He is like a grenade - he WILL explode. The trick is to make sure that he causes damage to the opposition and doesn't blow up the friendlies...
I think that if the other team puts out a non-mobile, non-perimeter big, it makes sense to throw him out there - UNTIL people start scouting it and start forcing him into pick/rolls. See that is why it worked so well against CLE - the have PG's who aren't really PG's and don't know how to break down the defense and exploit mismatches. If you tried that against one of the many teams that have a upper level pg that excels in dribble penetration, or a team like the Spurs who will spin your head passing around the exterior, he is going to be a liability on D. He was pretty awesome on O though. Boom goes the dynamite!
I think that if the other team puts out a non-mobile, non-perimeter big, it makes sense to throw him out there - UNTIL people start scouting it and start forcing him into pick/rolls. See that is why it worked so well against CLE - the have PG's who aren't really PG's and don't know how to break down the defense and exploit mismatches. If you tried that against one of the many teams that have a upper level pg that excels in dribble penetration, or a team like the Spurs who will spin your head passing around the exterior, he is going to be a liability on D. He was pretty awesome on O though. Boom goes the dynamite!